Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.

TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE.
6ovERxoR CHulC1f, m the I'D, nominated
r r McC1us, Of Pierre, a. Commissions Of
immigration The following bills were intro
Commissioner 10 hold meetings outside Of the
Territory; providing for the payment OF IT. r
ritoriAl printing Ia 1873; providing Z remedy
BY garnishment, In Districts Courts; appro-
priating ~, COO for improvements II the Sioux
Falls deal mnte schooll .ppropriating s3s,oOo
regarding cities having exclusive control OF
the liquor traffic within corporate limits The
Council passed. tile pharmacy bill providing
boards for North and South Dakota; also re-
specting the expenditure Of road and bridge
funds. The House bill authorizing County
was defeated. The Council adjourned pending
discussion Of the House bill limiting county
t~reasurcrs and sherifYs to two consecutive terms.
the House unanimously passed the high
license bill, maximum 1900, minimum $50
Bills wore introduced: Authorizing county
courthouse bonds; regulating telephones; ex-
emptions for tree planting; relating 10 the re-
movsl OF county seats; 8 joint resolution in
favor OF division and admission; appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the Madison normal school;
authorizing railroad companies to appoint
police officers; appropri.tng s75,0o0 to reim-
burse John Maggie; establishing a board OF
charities and corrections; enabling cities to
lease water works, fire apparatus, etc. The
House passed the Council I'LL fixing compen-
satioh OF sherins in certain cases. House bills
were passed: Relating 10 marks and brands;
amending the charter Of the Groton institute;
requiring county treasnrers to register war
rants gratuitously; TO compensate owners OF
certain cattle killed in Oliver County on ac-
count Of plcuro pneumonia. The House in
Committee Of the Whole reported fAvorably
an appropriation of -, GOO for the Brookings
Agricultural college. Adjourned.
ON the oath the Governor nominated Messrs
Griggs, Smith and Boynton for Railway Com
missioners. The Council passed the bill au-
thorixing cities to issue bonds for erecting
public buildings and providing water works,
IRE apparatus, etc. The Mitchell court bill
was made the special order for the Goth. Bills
were introduced: Providing for District Judge
to fll vacancy in District Attorneyship; for
fling chattel mortgages with Township Clerks;
fixing the compensation OF Probate Judges.
The Council passed the House bill
authorizing the division Of counties.
The local option bill was made the
special order for tho 18th. Adjourned.
the manner Of giving notice OF elections; an-
thorixing Township Treasurer to collect taxes;
prohibiting the playing Of games where liouor
II sold; repeating the Board OF Health; estab-
fishing village school districts; appropriating
&lgb,UO for the Jamestown insane hospital;
relating to cattle brands and pedigrees, pro-
viding penalties for obtaining registration by
false pretcnsions. The House passed the
Council bill for preventing the spread Of nox-
ious weeds; the House bill legaliziDg certain
acts OF McHenry County Commissioners; the
bill appropriating e4,0O for the Brookings
AUri1r1t nro1 f,nllHOa AAtnvrnaJ
In the Council on the a5th, bills were intro
duced appropriating s153, 900 for the expenses
of the jamestown insane hospital; providing
for ~refunding outstanding indebtedness or
school boards; amending the manner Of form
ing commissioner districts; providing 81 800
for travelling expenses Of supreme judges; To-
eating q normal school department in the uni.
versity: by Ericsson, providing = new method
Of establishing election precincts in counties
without township organization. Council bills
passed, relating to township assessors; relat-
ing to building and loan associations: protect
ing game birds; excepting bank deposits in
bridges over navigable rivera in certain cases.
In the House bills were introduced providing
for the compilation, publication and distribn-
ton OF the general laws 70 enable towns and
cities 10 change boundaries of wards; provid-
Ing for the taxation OF railroad property; ap-
PtOpi aotiti6 SJssVVU lOI Iii Improvement OF inc
Yankton hospital; requiring county CON-
missioners TO fix salaries of county officers;
creating = new subdivision Of the Third Ju-
.dicial District. House bills passed, appropri-
ating VI, 600 for the extension of the Spearfish
Normal school; appropriating s3N,0S6 for u
dormitory and wing for the vermillion Univer-
sity; also pertaining to change OF venue in
preliminary examinations: providing for relo-
eating county seats; by less than two-thirds
majority; establishing q university at Aber-
deem, and appropriating $J0,HO therefor.
The bill for only two terms OF the Supreme
Court At Bismarck and Rcdfeld was con-
sidered in Committee Of the Whole. II was
supported by Metzcr, Berry and others, and
opposed by Aikens, who mado q strong fight
for Sioux Falls instead The bill was finally
amended, providing. simply for changing
the Yankton term to Redfield n leaving the
Deadwood and Bismarck terms unchanged.
This will pass the House probably. Ad-
journed.
The Council on the 18th confirmed Mcclure
- Commissioner Of immigration. The nomi-
nations Of Railroad Commissioner were laid
aside and q committee of three waited on the
Governor for q consultation. The bill propos-
Ysnkton to Mitchell was killed by q vote of
8 to IL. II all the members had been present
the vote would have stood 10 to IA. Those in
favor Of retaining the court at Yankton were
Messrs. Allin, Boggert, Cain, Collins, Eric
son, drigsbyi Mead, Martin, Sheldon
w.shabsugh, Wells and Weizer. The
council passed tho bill providing for the
incorporation Of cities; the bill providing for q
general banking law. Bills we're introduced
enlarging Cavalier County; dividing the terri
tory into two educational districts and an edu-
cational superintendent for each and abolish
ing appointive officers by the superintendent
Of public instruction and assistant. Adjourned